Toothpick Men: Short Stories

by Dinty W. Moore

A collection of short stories.

Genres: Fiction

154 pages, Paperback

First published December 31, 1998

About the author

Dinty W. Moore is author of the award-winning memoir Between Panic & Desire, the writing guides The Story Cure and Crafting the Personal Essay, and many other books. He has published essays and stories in The Georgia Review, Harper’s, The New York Times Magazine, The Southern Review, Kenyon Review, Creative Nonfiction, and elsewhere. He is founding editor of Brevity, the journal of flash nonfiction, and teaches master classes and workshops across the United States as well as in Ireland, Scotland, Spain, Switzerland, Canada, and Mexico.

Reviews

[Evan]

"Tommy is still fascinated by the birds, hiking day and night out to the lake, but the vision seems to have merely become something that brought him here—like a movie he saw, found interesting, and forgot about a week later. All he cares about now is understanding the birds, and in his own way he probably can...A bird just wants to catch enough fish to live. Tommy just wants to see enough birds."

[Ryan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Really loved every story. Crisp, clean prose and gritty, authentic characters. I know it's out of print, but if you can find it in the library or borrow it with interlibrary loan, I'd recommend it.